Fine Motor Skill Activities

The best way to do improve fine motor skills with children is toys and games.

Use playdoh, silly putty, Theraputty, kids scissors, beads, crafts, markers, crayons, lacing boards, learn to dress dolls, puzzles, Legos, dot-to-dot puzzles, paints and paintbrushes, finger paints, pencil grips (help you hold your pencil correctly), mazes, coloring books, "quiet books", pegboards, or ANYTHING you can possibly think of, to get those hands and fingers workin'!


Here are a list of activities you can do at home or at school:

hummingbirded.com- (scroll down to Fine Motor Skills)

preschoolactivitybox.com- (scroll down to More Preschool Fine Motor Activities)

imaware.tripod.com- Developing Fine Motor Skills

education.com- Fine Motor Skills Developmental Milestones: Early Childhood Activities



Below, you will find some great games and toys that are both fun, challenging, and great for developing those critical fine motor skills.


Pick Up Sticks

iPlay Wok and Roll

Don’t Break the Ice

Educational Insights Design and Drill Activity Center

Operation

Jenga

Lite Bright

Connect Four

Perfection

Don’t Spill the Beans

Ants in the Pants

Mr. Mouth

Bed Bugs

Hungry Hippos